20 Jul
2005
20 Jul
'05
3:18 a.m.
On 7/19/05, Jorge Salgueiro <jorge.salgueiro(a)gmail.com> wrote:> 2005/7/19,
Richard Hubbell <richard.hubbell@gmail.com>:> > Very new to sound input and
linux. I've listened to music on linux> > but recording and manipulating sound
is all new to me. I'm just> > going to put into words what I'd like to do
and take it from there. I> > have an electric guitar and I'd like to record
riffs and then apply> > software filters (right word? maybe software effects?) to
the riffs> > to give them a different sound. I'd like to be able to edit
them,> > save them and record them to disc (cd/dvd). I'd also like to be
able> > to record singing and sound effects. I have read the archives a bit>
> and I saw a July thread about hardware but the original poster had his> >
thread hijacked and it went a little astray.> > A good starting point would be the
readme.txt of a/demudi music distro> it is on the wiki
Do you have a link, I looked all overhttp://www.linuxdj.com/audio/lad/ and didn't see
that.
> well start to try to understand jack audio server
its the main piece> of a pro-audio linux box
I've been seeing a lot of
mention of JACK and will investigate for certain.
> its very simple to work with qjackctl (jack
control)> > to record multitrack the best option is ardour. You can plug effects>
with lapsca (like vst for linux)> > to have realtime effects creox or jack-rack
I will look at all of these.
> >> > I know there are a few hardware
vendors who's products work well on> > linux. But I'm trying to get some
solid advice from folks who are> > using hardware to do what I want to do.>
>> going to buy the m-audio delta 44 right now (180 €)
For a little more one
could get the 66 is it worth it to get digital i/o?
> > Do I need one box or several? I don't
want to spend a lot to start> > but would like to have something that's made
reasonably well. If I> > have to put together my setup over time then that's
what I'll do so I> > don't have to layout a big chunk of money at the start.
So maybe> > first I'll get the guitar connected and then later get the mic and
get> > it connected. Then next get recording device(s). And so on, to> >
build a complete system over time but still get quality components as> > I go so
that in the end I have an all-around quality system.> >> > My concerns are
compatibility with linux and the software that runs on> > linux. Compatibility
amongst the different components and> > compatibility with the popular storage
mediums. i.e. cd/dvd> > no prob with dvd/cd> > try the agnula live cd to see
if everything works. Have to say that is> a very stripped down version of this distro.
Doesn't includes the> realtime kernel.
I will also have a look at this too.
I think any kernel can be configured to bea real-time kernel. But what's the
argument for a real-time kernel? What problemdoes it solve? Is it some sort of interrupt
latency issue or something?
> >> > Over time I would be willing to
spend $1000-2000 for something that> > will last and do a good job for me. But I
don't want to spend it all> > now.> >> > > > Thanks,> >
Richard> >> >>